It had previously been claimed that Andrew and Epstein had cut contact in late 2010 after they were pictured walking through Central Park in New York City.
The pair reportedly agreed to cease contact the day after a photograph from 2001 was published which appeared to show Andrew with his arm around the late Virginia Giuffre who was then aged 17. Viriginia was found dead at her Australian home earlier this year.
In December 2015, Epstein emailed Barak, Israel’s leader between 1999 and 2001, with whom he had just invested millions in a security start-up.
The paedophile wrote: “Weathy [sic] Chines [sic] looking for to start personel [sic] protection co in Beijing.” He added that “kidnapping has begun”. Barak then replied, “Where did you see it?”.
Epstein then responded, “andrew”. Barak said: “The Prince?”. Epstein then sent a one word email: “yes”.
The correspondence took place shortly after Andrew played a leading role in welcoming President Xi to the UK during a state visit.
Epstein died by suicide whilst awaiting trail in August 2019. Ghislaine Maxwell is a socialite and accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein. The 63-year-old was jailed for 20 years in 2022 for conspiring with Epstein to sexually abuse children.
